about team

Dr. Aravindan Selvaraj Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon and Director

Dr. Aravindan Selvaraj graduated from Madras University in 1990 and then underwent postgraduate surgical training in Orthopaedics Surgery at Gujarat University Hospital for 3 years. He scored the highest marks in the MS (Orthopaedics) examination conducted by Gujarat University and was awarded Dr. D.A Patel Gold Medal in 1994. He spent the next 15 years in Ireland and London practicing in world renowned hospitals like Guys Hospital, St. Thomas Hospital, and Kings College Hospital, London before returning to India in August 2010. He has a special interest in the management of shoulder and knee problems and he is skilled in treating these problems by keyhole surgery. Now, he is a full time Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon and Director practicing at Kauvery Medical Hospitals.

Dr. G. Balamurali Consultant Neurologist and Neurosurgeon

Dr. Balamurali's qualifications include MBBS, MRCS (Edin), FRCS (Surgical Neoro), (MD RESEARCH). Dr. Balamurali is qualified from UK with 12 years of experience in Spine & NeuroSurgery. He is among the very few in South India to do highly specialized Spine Procedures. He specializes in Entire spectrum of Orthopedic & Neuro Spine and Minimally Invasive & Endoscopic Spine procedures. He also specializes in Spine Rehabilitation & Pain Procedures.

Dr. S. Balamurugan Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon

Dr. S. Balamurugan MS, MCH (Neuro), FNS (Japan) is a Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at Kauvery Hospital. He is also the head of department of Neurosurgery at Government Royapettah Hospital in Chennai. He specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, cerebrovascular surgery, brain and Spine Oncological Surgery, Neuroendoscopy, Skull base surgery, comprehensive Head & Spine trauma care. He has operated more than 2000 patients in his neurosurgical career ranging from aneurysm and AVM surgeries, skull base surgeries including transnasal pituitary adenoma resections, skull base meningioma and craniopharyngioma surgeries, CP angle and posterior fossa tumors. In the spinal cord, he has performed various cord tumor surgeries. In the spinal column and discs, he has treated TB Spine, micro-discectomy of cervical and lumbar discs, anterior and posterior cervical, trans-thoracic and posterior lumbar fusion procedures for spinal stabilization.

Dr. Bhuvaneshwari Rajendran Consultant, Neurophysiology

Dr. Bhuvaneshwari Rajendran is a graduate from Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore. She has completed her MRCP in UK and CCT- UK in Clinical Neurophysiology. She has worked as Specialist Registrar in Clinical Neurophysiology Bards and London NHS Trust, London. She has special medical skills such as to perform Muscle Biopsy in Outpatient setting, Lumbar Puncture, Chest drains, DC Cardio version etc. She is now working as full time consultant in Kauvery Hospital, Chennai.

Dr.Iyappan PonnuswamyConsultant Radiologist

Dr.Iyappan Ponnuswamy has completed MBBS from Stanley Medical College and MD Radio diagnosis in Madras Medical College, Chennai. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) and has achieved Prof. Arthur Daniel Gold medal in Radio diagnosis in 2010. He has professional experience of working in the Indian Armed Forces-Indian Navy as a patriotic physician and he has also worked as Assistant Professor of Radiology in Chettinad Medical College. He is a fellow of the Korean Society of Radiology, having trained in interventional radiology at the Seoul National University Hospital and Yonsei University Severance Hospital in Seoul. He is a visiting scholar in Asan Medical Center in Seoul and University of Michigan. He is now working as full time Radiologist in Kauvery Hospital, Chennai with special interest in interventional radiology and vascular imaging.

Dr.Lakshmipathy Ramesh Nagarajan has completed MBBS in Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai and has also specialized in Geriatrics by completing MD(Geriatics). He has worked as Assistant Professor in SRM Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi. He has also worked as House Officer General Practice in CSI Hospital, Chennai and Pre Registration House Officer in Coimbatore Medical College. Since he is interested in Geriatrics, he is now working as Consultant Geriatric Physician and Diabetologist in Kauvery Hospital, Chennai.

Dr. Mukunth Orthopaedic Consultant

Dr.Mukunth has completed MBBS in J.J.M Medical College, Davangere. Since he has keen interest towards Orthopeadics, he has completed MS in Orthopeadics. He worked as Senior Registrar in Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Teynampet under Asian Hip Research Foundation. He also worked as Assistant Professor in Department of Orthopaedics, Sree Balaji Medical College Chennai. His area of interest are Traumatology, Arthroplasty , Paediatric Orthopaedics. He has undergone advanced training in Joint Replacement with navigation at Asklepios Hospital, Germany under world renowned joint Replacement surgeon Dr.Heiko graichen and Hip Replacement training in Exeter, United Kingdom. He is now working as full time Orthopaedic consultant in Kauvery Hospital,Chennai.

Dr. Prithika Chary Senior Consultant Neurologist and Neurosurgeon

Dr. Prithika Chary’s qualifications include MD (Internal Medicine), DM, Ph. D & MNAMS in Neurology, MCh (Neuro Surgery). She has received special training in Clinical Epileptology, Epilepsy Surgery and she is a master practitioner in NLP and NFNLP. Certified in training from London, she is the first and only woman in India qualified both as a Neurologist and a Neuro Surgeon. She has Initiated comprehensive services for epilepsy in Chennai in 1994 by starting EPICENTRE (Epilepsy Institute & Centre for Treatment, Training, Research & Education) She has vast clinical experience in Neurology. Her teaching experience spans over 36 years. She has been working with Neurological patients since 1974. Dr. Prithika Chary is Senior Consultant Neurologist and Neurosurgeon, Kauvery Hospital, TTK Road.

Dr. R. Raghavendran Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon

Dr. R. Raghavendran graduated from MMC in 1996 and completed his MCh Neurosurgery with a Gold Medal at the Madras Institute of Neurology, Government General Hospital & Madras Medical College. He is a recipient of The Prof. Kalyanaraman Young Neuro Surgeon of the Year 2006.

Dr. Raghavendran’s specialties include spinal instrumentation, implantation and stabilization procedures, vascular neurosurgical procedures for the management of intracranial aneurysms, AV malformations and spinal AV malformations, endoscopic neurosurgical procedures like 3rdventriculostomy, fenestration procedures and endoscopic transphenoidal pituitary surgery, and intraorbital lesions. He is also trained in cranial vault reconstruction procedures and has performed CSF diversion procedures like Ventriculo peritoneal, ventriculo pleural and lumboperitoneal shunts. He is a consultant neurosurgeon at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai.

Dr. Ramesh Consultant Radiologist

Dr. Ramesh graduated from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences in 1996 and completed his D-Ortho in Govt. Royapettah Hospital, Chennai. He practiced orthopedics for 6 years while serving the Government of Tamilnadu. In the year of 2010 he completed MDRD in Madras Medical College. He is now working in Kauvery Hospital as Consultant Radiologist with special interest in musculoskeletal radiology and vascular interventions. He also practices radiology at the Government Superspeciality Hospital (Omandurar).